All news by author: Flora Thompson

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999 services face huge bills as Home Office 'disconnected from reality, MPs find
A bombshell report by the Commons Public Accounts Commitee found that despite ploughing £2billion into the Emergency Services Network (ESN) communication, there is no evidence it will work
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Anger over Tory 'incompetence' as asylum backlog hits record 160,000
The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures reveal that 160,919 people were waiting for an initial decision on their asylum claim at the end of December - up 60% from a year earlier
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Zara Aleena's family accuse probation officers of having 'blood on their hands'
Zara Aleena's aunt Farah Naz called for 'action and accountability' in the wake of her niece's murder as she branded the Probation Service 'incompetent', with 'failures by people at the top'
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Wife killer in 1st public parole hearing to be freed despite admitting cover-up
Russell Causley made history as the first UK prisoner to face a public parole hearing - he was convicted of killing his 40-year-old wife Carole Packman after she went missing in 1985